Meloni and PM Orbán reiterated their commitment to further deepening their countries' bilateral partnership and said that trade reached 14 billion euros in 2023.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome to address crucial issues, including European competitiveness, migration, and bilateral cooperation.
The prime minister said Europe’s biggest problem now is its decline in competitiveness, adding that Hungary’s EU rotating presidency would put a European competitiveness pact centre stage.
24 June 2024, Rome (Roma)
The prime minister also had talks with Poland’s former prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki.
The fifth Budapest Demographic Summit will be one of the largest conferences in Hungary, to be held between September 14 and 16 in Budapest.
The floods have claimed numerous lives and deprived tens of thousands of people of their homes, PM Orbán noted, wishing those harmed by the floods a speedy recovery.
President Novák and Meloni agreed that illegal migration should be curbed.
The prime minister expressed hope that he will get an opportunity to personally consult with Meloni about joint tasks in the near future.
PM Orbán and Giorgia Meloni agreed that one of their main aims was to restore the European right’s position as the greatest political force in Europe.
Talks focused on European political issues and the commitment to unifying Europe’s right-wing parties, and on taking an active role in debates on the community’s future.